Information Officer Jobs

Information Officer
UK

The median Information Officer salary in the UK is £45,802 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 870 900 1167
Rank change year-on-year +30 +267 -324
Permanent jobs requiring an Information Officer 52 45 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.048% 0.048% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.053% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 39 42 97
10th Percentile £28,000 £44,350 £44,000
25th Percentile £35,875 £53,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,802 £70,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.57% +33.33% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £83,484 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £115,000 £81,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,901 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -28.50% +14.29% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Information Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Information Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Information Officer.

Salary trend for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Information Officer over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Information Officer in the UK

Information Officer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Information Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +34 41 £46,000 -34.29% 20
UK excluding London -51 29 £42,901 -28.50% 16
Work from Home +57 26 £58,500 -26.88% 8
London +65 21 £46,000 -44.24% 4
South East -4 8 £47,500 -20.83% 2
Scotland -57 7 £38,750 -35.42% 1
West Midlands -5 6 £35,000 -51.72% 3
Midlands -27 6 £35,000 -50.88% 4
South West -27 3 £67,500 +58.82% 2
North of England +26 2 £40,000 - 7
Northern Ireland +16 2 £34,628 -37.04%
North West -8 1 £40,000 - 4
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
East of England - 1 £40,000 -

Information Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Information Officer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Information Officer in the job title.

1 36 (69.23%) Information Security
2 35 (67.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 26 (50.00%) GDPR
4 24 (46.15%) CISM
5 18 (34.62%) CISA
6 17 (32.69%) Data Protection
7 16 (30.77%) CISSP
7 16 (30.77%) NIST
8 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
9 14 (26.92%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (25.00%) Information Governance
11 11 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (19.23%) Internal Audit
12 10 (19.23%) Risk Management
12 10 (19.23%) Security Posture
13 9 (17.31%) Incident Response
14 8 (15.38%) GRC
14 8 (15.38%) Management Information System
14 8 (15.38%) PCI DSS
15 7 (13.46%) Information Management
15 7 (13.46%) Penetration Testing
15 7 (13.46%) Legal
16 6 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
16 6 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
16 6 (11.54%) Business Continuity
16 6 (11.54%) Law
16 6 (11.54%) Risk Register
16 6 (11.54%) WhatsApp
16 6 (11.54%) Decision-Making

Information Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.92%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (11.54%) WhatsApp
2 5 (9.62%) Azure
3 3 (5.77%) OneDrive
4 2 (3.85%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) Firewall
2 2 (3.85%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.85%) RDBMS
1 2 (3.85%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.92%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (1.92%) GIS
2 1 (1.92%) Spatial Data
General
1 15 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Legal
3 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Law
4 4 (7.69%) Finance
4 4 (7.69%) Local Government
5 3 (5.77%) Advertising
5 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.85%) Publishing
6 2 (3.85%) Retail
7 1 (1.92%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.85%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.92%) CSS
2 1 (1.92%) HTML
2 1 (1.92%) OpenLayers
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.23%) Security Posture
2 8 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.77%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (5.77%) Social Media
4 2 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.85%) Windows
1 2 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (69.23%) Information Security
2 17 (32.69%) Data Protection
3 13 (25.00%) Information Governance
4 11 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (21.15%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (19.23%) Internal Audit
5 10 (19.23%) Risk Management
6 9 (17.31%) Incident Response
7 7 (13.46%) Information Management
7 7 (13.46%) Penetration Testing
8 6 (11.54%) Business Continuity
8 6 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (11.54%) Decision-Making
8 6 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (11.54%) Risk Register
8 6 (11.54%) SIEM
9 5 (9.62%) Data Privacy
9 5 (9.62%) Impact Assessments
9 5 (9.62%) IT Audit
10 4 (7.69%) Contingency Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.92%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (46.15%) CISM
2 18 (34.62%) CISA
3 16 (30.77%) CISSP
4 4 (7.69%) CEH
5 3 (5.77%) Degree
5 3 (5.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (5.77%) Security Cleared
6 2 (3.85%) CASP
6 2 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.85%) CRISC
6 2 (3.85%) HNC
6 2 (3.85%) HND
6 2 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (67.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (50.00%) GDPR
3 16 (30.77%) NIST
4 14 (26.92%) Cyber Essentials
5 8 (15.38%) GRC
5 8 (15.38%) PCI DSS
6 6 (11.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 6 (11.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (9.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (5.77%) COBIT
8 3 (5.77%) FISMA
8 3 (5.77%) GLBA
8 3 (5.77%) HIPAA
8 3 (5.77%) SOC 2
9 2 (3.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (3.85%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (5.77%) CASB
2 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.85%) Apple
2 2 (3.85%) VMware
3 1 (1.92%) ESRI